Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Small Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2006

Product type:

Statistical Brief 212

MEPS component:

Insurance Component

Publication date:

July 14, 2008

Description:

Using data from the Insurance Component of the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-IC), this Statistical Brief presents estimates, by industry classification, on the percentage of employees who worked for small private sector employers (firms with fewer than 50 employees) who offered health insurance and of employees working in such firms who enrolled in offered health insurance plans. The brief also provides estimates on average premiums and the average employee contributions towards premiums for single coverage and for family coverage.